Altered art spoon swap

I thought I would share all the neat spoons that have poured into my mailbox this month! They are all made by different people in the ATC Connection yahoo group. I must apologize to the artists- my photography today leaves alot to be desired.

This lil' doll is a Cellini spiral and a "luna bead" put together with some right angle weave "charms" to make a charming pendant. I had alot of fun playing with all of these different techniques. Thanks to Brad of the DBS, I can finally call this project complete. He encouraged me to not add a thing to it- everything I had tried to add didn't work.

Another praise for the DBS- I managed to secure two classes for the ultimate beader's classes. The very beader who interested me in beading,( unknowingly from her front page artwork on Bead and Button Magazine Dec. 2003.) Yup Uh huh- and they are going to be the same week as my birthday-- talk about a huge blessing. Oh-- the lady who is teaching is none other than Sherry Serafini. You can see her work at : http://serafinibeadedjewelry.com

The DBS also made it into the Bead Dreams Competition with "A chorus of urchins" made with urchin beads from the DBS by Marcia DeCoster.

I am blessed to be amongst such a wonderful group of people. I hope you have found folks that enjoy to do the things you do that you can encourage and fellowship with.

Comments

Rosalie said…
The altered spoons are beautiful. And you know what I think of the Cellini spiral and Luna bead necklace!
Great work
9/9/08, 11:07 PM
Gypsy said…
Ah, so glad to get a chance to look at your spiral/lunabead necklace up close and personal!
Aryd'ell
9/14/08, 9:21 PM
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